Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Azure 710 511 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 9.65% 14.73% 9.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.27% 52.46% 41.49%
Number of salaries quoted 451 389 344
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £38,302
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £75,875
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.76%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,441 974 1,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 19.59% 28.09% 22.08%
Number of salaries quoted 941 709 777
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £64,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% - -7.69%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -2 195 £60,000 +9.09% 57
Essex 0 172 £40,000 +14.29% 29
Cambridgeshire -5 142 £53,000 +49.30% 27
Suffolk +26 95 £48,370 -3.26% 7
Norfolk +1 77 £55,000 +26.44% 19
Bedfordshire -18 27 £37,500 -22.68% 19
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 104 (14.65%) SharePoint
2 52 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.11%) WordPress
4 8 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.85%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.56%) CMS
7 3 (0.42%) IIS
7 3 (0.42%) SAS
8 2 (0.28%) Confluence
8 2 (0.28%) Luigi
9 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 59 (8.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.85%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.28%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.28%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 191 (26.90%) Microsoft 365
2 116 (16.34%) Entra ID
3 110 (15.49%) Power Platform
4 102 (14.37%) Azure AI
5 84 (11.83%) AWS
6 81 (11.41%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (7.75%) OneDrive
8 39 (5.49%) PowerApps
9 35 (4.93%) Power Automate
10 32 (4.51%) Azure Logic Apps
10 32 (4.51%) GitHub
11 28 (3.94%) Azure Data Factory
12 25 (3.52%) GCP
13 20 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
14 19 (2.68%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 19 (2.68%) SaaS
15 18 (2.54%) GitHub Copilot
16 17 (2.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 15 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
18 14 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 69 (9.72%) Firewall
2 57 (8.03%) DNS
3 49 (6.90%) VPN
4 41 (5.77%) DHCP
5 32 (4.51%) TCP/IP
6 16 (2.25%) Internet
7 13 (1.83%) WAN
7 13 (1.83%) Wireless
8 11 (1.55%) VoIP
9 10 (1.41%) MQTT
10 9 (1.27%) LAN
10 9 (1.27%) VLAN
11 8 (1.13%) Network Security
12 7 (0.99%) Broadband
13 4 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
13 4 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (0.42%) DMZ
14 3 (0.42%) SSL
15 2 (0.28%) L2TP
15 2 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (15.21%) Azure SQL Database
2 95 (13.38%) Power BI
3 59 (8.31%) MongoDB
4 51 (7.18%) Tableau
5 35 (4.93%) SQL Server
6 30 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.55%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.41%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (0.99%) MySQL
11 6 (0.85%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.85%) Looker
11 6 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (0.42%) Metadata
13 3 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.28%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (3.52%) Git
2 12 (1.69%) JIRA
3 6 (0.85%) MLflow
4 4 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.56%) Selenium
4 4 (0.56%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.42%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.42%) git-flow
5 3 (0.42%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.28%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.14%) ERwin
7 1 (0.14%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) Postman
7 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.14%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 341 (48.03%) Social Skills
2 75 (10.56%) Finance
3 33 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (2.82%) Marketing
5 18 (2.54%) Law
6 15 (2.11%) Legal
7 13 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (1.83%) Public Sector
7 13 (1.83%) Retail
8 11 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (0.85%) Advertising
10 6 (0.85%) Multimedia
11 5 (0.70%) Banking
11 5 (0.70%) Games
12 4 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.56%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.56%) Music Industry
12 4 (0.56%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.42%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 157 (22.11%) Developer
2 134 (18.87%) Analyst
3 98 (13.80%) IT Support
3 98 (13.80%) Junior
4 93 (13.10%) Junior Analyst
5 85 (11.97%) .NET Developer
6 71 (10.00%) Senior
7 57 (8.03%) IT Engineer
8 53 (7.46%) Support Engineer
9 50 (7.04%) Security Analyst
10 48 (6.76%) Ethical Hacker
11 46 (6.48%) Data Analyst
12 44 (6.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 44 (6.20%) Junior Data Analyst
12 44 (6.20%) Junior Security Analyst
13 43 (6.06%) IT Support Engineer
14 35 (4.93%) Graduate
15 34 (4.79%) Azure Engineer
16 33 (4.65%) Lead
17 32 (4.51%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (17.75%) .NET
2 103 (14.51%) .NET Core
3 81 (11.41%) ASP.NET
4 80 (11.27%) ASP.NET Core
5 76 (10.70%) CSS
6 67 (9.44%) HTML
7 51 (7.18%) RESTful
8 38 (5.35%) React
9 35 (4.93%) Entity Framework
10 32 (4.51%) ML.NET
11 31 (4.37%) Node.js
12 29 (4.08%) Blazor
13 23 (3.24%) AngularJS
14 22 (3.10%) HTML5 Canvas
14 22 (3.10%) JSON
15 21 (2.96%) ASP.NET Web API
15 21 (2.96%) Microsoft Graph
15 21 (2.96%) Vue
16 19 (2.68%) SPFx
17 17 (2.39%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.76%) Cyberattack
2 37 (5.21%) Driving Licence
3 33 (4.65%) Onboarding
4 32 (4.51%) Cloud Native
5 18 (2.54%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.55%) Security Posture
8 10 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (0.99%) Clustering
10 7 (0.99%) Digital TV
10 7 (0.99%) iPhone
11 6 (0.85%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.85%) Legacy Code
11 6 (0.85%) Product Ownership
11 6 (0.85%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.70%) BBC
12 5 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 144 (20.28%) Windows
2 85 (11.97%) Windows Server
3 17 (2.39%) Linux
4 14 (1.97%) Android
4 14 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (1.69%) Apple iOS
5 12 (1.69%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.99%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.28%) Unix
8 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (24.08%) Cybersecurity
2 161 (22.68%) AI
3 136 (19.15%) Agile
4 114 (16.06%) Mentoring
5 108 (15.21%) DevOps
6 98 (13.80%) Business Intelligence
7 89 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (11.97%) Full-Stack Development
9 78 (10.99%) CI/CD
10 73 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 65 (9.15%) Machine Learning
12 48 (6.76%) Ethical Hacking
12 48 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 46 (6.48%) Computer Science
14 43 (6.06%) Roadmaps
15 42 (5.92%) ITIL
16 40 (5.63%) User Experience
17 38 (5.35%) Customer Service
18 37 (5.21%) Service Delivery
19 36 (5.07%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 230 (32.39%) SQL
2 159 (22.39%) C#
3 122 (17.18%) Python
4 69 (9.72%) JavaScript
5 64 (9.01%) PowerShell
6 44 (6.20%) TypeScript
7 26 (3.66%) PHP
8 16 (2.25%) Java
9 13 (1.83%) C++
10 9 (1.27%) Bicep
10 9 (1.27%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.70%) R
12 4 (0.56%) Bash
13 3 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.42%) Ruby
13 3 (0.42%) Rust
14 2 (0.28%) Go
14 2 (0.28%) Scala
15 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 214 (30.14%) Azure Certification
2 79 (11.13%) Degree
3 52 (7.32%) CompTIA Security+
4 48 (6.76%) CEH
5 45 (6.34%) CompTIA CySA+
6 38 (5.35%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (4.65%) CCNA
8 33 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (3.80%) Network+ Certification
10 16 (2.25%) Security Cleared
11 11 (1.55%) SC Cleared
12 9 (1.27%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.99%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.99%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (0.85%) CISSP
15 5 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (0.70%) CCNP
16 3 (0.42%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.37%) QA
2 26 (3.66%) SLA
3 24 (3.38%) GDPR
4 17 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (2.11%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.83%) NIST
7 9 (1.27%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.27%) GRC
8 8 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.99%) NCSC
10 6 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.70%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.56%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.56%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.56%) PMO
13 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.14%) IFRS
15 1 (0.14%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 136 (19.15%) Active Directory
2 38 (5.35%) Hyper-V
3 32 (4.51%) Docker
4 30 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.28%) vSphere
9 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 64 (9.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (5.49%) Kubernetes
3 26 (3.66%) Terraform
4 7 (0.99%) Ansible
5 4 (0.56%) SCCM
6 3 (0.42%) Proxmox
6 3 (0.42%) ZABBIX
7 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) Grafana
8 1 (0.14%) Nessus
8 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 502 (70.70%) Microsoft
2 116 (16.34%) ForeScout
3 47 (6.62%) Cisco
4 35 (4.93%) VMware
5 28 (3.94%) Apple
6 24 (3.38%) Google
7 19 (2.68%) Adobe
8 15 (2.11%) Meraki
9 13 (1.83%) Databricks
10 12 (1.69%) Facebook
10 12 (1.69%) Veeam
11 9 (1.27%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.99%) Fortinet
12 7 (0.99%) Sophos
13 6 (0.85%) Cloudera
13 6 (0.85%) Dell
13 6 (0.85%) Epicor
13 6 (0.85%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.85%) SonicWALL
13 6 (0.85%) Ubiquiti